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Thursday
May232013

A Simple Unit Study About Ben Franklin

 

Do you ever find yourself stumbling into a unit study? 

This recently happened in our home. Finding one sweet book about Benjamin Franklin at a used book store led to asking the librarian to help us find further Ben Franklin resources, which led us to more and more resources.

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Tuesday
May212013

10 Best Books for Homeschool Moms

 

 

There are books every homeschool mom needs to have in her library.

When I was a new homeschool mom a friend loaned me a bag of books to borrow during our beach vacation. 

They were her stash of best homeschooling books for moms. I devoured them on the car ride there, while we were on the beach, and on the car ride home. 

I learned SO MUCH from those books. They gave me inspiration, motivation, ideas, encouragement, and just the TOOLS I needed to begin my journey.

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Monday
May202013

Using Notebooking Pages In Every Area Of Your Homeschool

 

We have been notebooking in our homeschool for as long as I can remember.

Notebooking allows my children to have a scrapbook of their learning. It allows them to express themselves through writing, drawing, cutting and pasting, and more. 

Notebooking can also be done across ALL areas of your homeschool. We have notebooked our way through history, science, and music - with sprinklings of Bible copywork, math notebooking, and notebooking with literature.

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